Name: | TOSCANA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 24/01/1863 |
Completed: | 1863 |
Builder: | C Mitchell & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 109 |
Dimensions: | 362grt, 234nrt, 149.0 x 25.0 x 16.4ft; (by 1890: 375grt, 172nrt, 170.2 x 23.0 x 15.1ft) |
Engines: | I2cyl (37.5 & 37.5 x 30ins), 90hp; (188x: C2cyl (23.5 & 44 x 30ins), 104nhp) |
Engines by: | R Stephenson & Co, Newcastle; (188x: P Ferro & Co, Genoa) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
1863 | Raffaele Rubattino & Co, Genoa |
1881 | Navigazione Generale Italiana, Palermo |
1894 | Soc Siciliana di Nav, Palermo |
1907 | Broken up |
Comments: | May have been renamed PRINCESS at some stage |
Re-engined about 1883 | |
28/12/1907: Damaged in a collision with SCHLESWIG near Faro Point | |
Beached to avoid sinking & subsequently broken up at Messina |